Bailey already watched the tape and he didn’t like what he saw

Bailey, who was burned for two touchdowns by the Ravens’ Torrey Smith, said he had already reviewed the game.
“It’s tough because I know I’m better than what I put on that tape yesterday,” he said. “There are a couple of plays I would love to have back. But if you haven’t been beaten as a corner, you really haven’t played.”

I was listening to SiriusXM NFL Radio earlier in the evening when a caller (I assume from Denver, although I wasn't paying attention) seriously suggested that after yesterday's game Champ Bailey should consider retirement.

We're all feeling a little punch drunk about now. Even so, let's not get too carried away. The Bailey-to-safety talk I can somewhat understand after a tough loss, although that's at least a year or two premature. But retirement?

Any chance Champ had the flu, or was recovering from it? He played that badly. It's a head scratcher.

Posted by skinnytony on 2013-01-14 21:56:00

I have long been a Baily fan, but Champ is washed, period. In the biggest game of his career, he came up spectacularly puny. He is the 3rd best corner on the team, and should have been treated as such.

He should have been on Boldin, and Carter should have been on T.Smith, period. Smith's speed was far superior to Champ's, anyone with eyeballs could see that. Does anyone really think that Carter would have allowed those TD's to Smith? I think not. He should be moved to saftey without question, or delegated to 3rd CB.

Jack Diarreha-Rio, coached his worst game of the year. Why didn't he take Champ off Smith? Because he was worried about hurting Champ's feelings? Also, on the tying TD, why was there not 3 saftey's 30 yards off the ball? D should have been as follows: 3 rushers, 2 guys 10 yars off, 3 guys 20 yards off, 3 guys 30 yards off, don't worry about the underneath stuff.

Posted by chickentender on 2013-01-14 10:36:39

Champ is washed. H

Posted by chickentender on 2013-01-14 10:28:47

I do the same thing to myself sometimes. Such a scary world over there.

Posted by Laurence Wilson on 2013-01-14 08:55:07

Champ's other games and his history do not go out the window. However, he has lamented the team's long-term inability to put itself into position to make a championship run, so when he fails to perform when they are in that position, it's only fair that he gets some criticism. Let's face it, he was beat bad on other plays besides the touchdowns, only Flacco missed the throws. It was a really bad game for him and supports some of the argument from sites like FO that Champ is overrated. To my eyes, the better or faster wideouts really give him trouble now (Loyd, Green, Smith). On the other hand, the old saw is that a great pass rush makes all corners look great. The converse is also true. The pass rush was anemic Saturday, which enabled Flacco to plant and throw deep and take advantage of Smith's top line speed. It's hard to cover someone that fast for that long all by your lonesome.

Posted by broncoforlife on 2013-01-14 06:35:51

Could be the dumbest thing I've read yet. I assumed TJ was talking about DP posters. Champ locked everyone up this year including T Smith a month ago. Unfortunately he had an awful game. Pretty bad timing for that. He had 2 awful plays and 1 horrid horrid PI call which was great defense and should have gotten us off the field. And we probably wouldn't be having this dialogue.

Ridiculous.

Posted by Broncologist on 2013-01-14 02:13:01

Every once in a while I go against my better judgement and scroll past a DP story to see the comments. I always regret it.

Posted by willrmc on 2013-01-14 01:11:56

It's unfortunate that his worst game this season came in the playoffs, but for the rest of the season helped us to a 13-3 record. It's a bit hasty to point to this game as his swan song game at CB. If he gets beat out in trainging camp then so be it. He won't though.

Posted by Overdose on 2013-01-14 00:33:47

This will long be remembered as the penultimate choke in NFL history. All of our "superstars" with huge contracts are the ones that made critical gaffes. Our coaches choked, our QB choked, our Pass rushers failed to pass rush, our secondary blew coverages and drew PI penalties when they didn't, I could go on. Wonder if Mike McCoy is such a hot commodity after such a poor performance?

Looks like we have to look at safety and corner in the draft, AGAIN. EPIC FAIL, worse than 1996- because we KNEW the Ravens would play tough. This game was a litany of missed opportunities and critical errors. disgraceful playoff performance.

Posted by Jonathan David on 2013-01-14 00:20:27

it is not that the other games dont count, but in the biggest stage, our leaders did not perform up to par, that was really disapointing, but of course the biggest mistake was made by rahim by far.

Posted by Gabriel Suarez on 2013-01-14 00:14:30

I respect Champ a lot, but when you're getting towards the end of your career and finally look to be getting a chance at the elusive SB appearance and then you don't show up to play one of the biggest games of your career, well that's a problem...

Posted by OldZooTown on 2013-01-14 00:04:40

He had three bad plays (one was incomplete). I guess the other 16 games go out the window?